Read some Kerouac and it put me on the tracks   To burn a little brighter now   Somethin' about Roman candles fizzin' out   Shine a little light on me now   Found a strange fascination with a liquid fixation   Alcohol can thrill me now   It's getting late in the game to show any pride or shame   Burn a little brighter now, burn a little brighter now, yea      Doctor says my liver looks like leavin' with my lover   Need another time out now   Like any sort of hero turnin' down to zero   Standin' out in any crowd   Pullin' seventeen with experience and dreams   Sweatin' out a happy hour   When you're hidin' twenty nine you know it ain't a crime   To burn a little brighter now   Burn a little brighter now, burn a little brighter now   Burn a little brighter now and burn a little brighter now      {My advice is if you maintain this lifestyle you won't reach thirty   Christ, and it's a romantic way to go really, it's part of the heritage   Should I leave?}      We burn a little brighter now, yea   Read some Kerouac and it put me on the tracks   To burn a little brighter now   It was somethin' about Roman candles fizzin' out   Shine a little light on me now   Found a strange fascination with a liquid fixation   Alcohol thrill me now   Getting late in the game to show any pride or shame   Burn a little brighter now, we burn a little brighter now, yea   Burn a little brighter now, we burn a little brighter now